IN SB 161

died on adjournment

Education matters.

Indiana · 2026 Regular Session (2nd Regular Session, 124th General Assembly) · upper

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Did IN SB 161 pass?

No. IN SB 161 died when the 2026 Regular Session (2nd Regular Session, 124th General Assembly) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-12): Representative Davis added as cosponsor

What is IN SB 161 about?

Requires the Indiana department of education to elect to participate as a covered state in the federal tax credit scholarship program for elementary and secondary education under Section 25F of the Internal Revenue Code (enacted in Public Law 119-21, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025). Makes conforming changes to the school scholarship tax credit in current law. Requires the governor and the department of workforce development, in consultation with the commission for higher education, to: (1) establish a process to identify eligible workforce training programs; (2) establish a process for institutions and programs to apply for recognition as an eligible workforce training program; (3) coordinate certain workforce training matters; and (4) require eligible workforce training programs to provide certain datasets to the department. Provides that the department of workforce development must maintain alignment with federal rules governing workforce Pell grants.

Who sponsors IN SB 161?

Robert Behning, Chris Garten, Linda Rogers and 1 others are the primary sponsors of IN SB 161, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-02-12 — Representative Davis added as cosponsor
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-02-12
Representative Davis added as cosponsor
2026-02-12
Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
2026-02-12
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage
2026-01-28
First reading: referred to Committee on Education
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-27
Referred to the House
referral
2026-01-26
Cosponsor: Representative McGuire
2026-01-26
House sponsor: Representative Behning
2026-01-26
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 74: yeas 42, nays 2
passage,reading-3,reading-3
2026-01-22
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-01-22
Amendment #1 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-01-20
Committee report: do pass, adopted
committee-passage
2026-01-15
Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-01-12
Senator Garten added as third author
2026-01-05
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-05
Authored by Senators Raatz, Rogers

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Votes

SB 161 - Raatz - 3rd Reading
2026-01-26 · pass · 42-2
Member-level votes (49)
- Alexander: yes
- Charbonneau: yes
- Goode: yes
- Raatz: yes
- Alting: yes
- Clark: yes
- Holdman: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Baldwin: yes
- Crider: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Schmitt: yes
- Bohacek: yes
- Deery: yes
- Koch: yes
- Spencer: yes
- Bray: yes
- Dernulc: yes
- Leising: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Brown: yes
- Donato: yes
- Maxwell: yes
- Tomes: yes
- Buchanan: yes
- Doriot: yes
- Mishler: yes
- Walker G: yes
- Buck: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Niemeyer: yes
- Walker K: yes
- Busch: yes
- Garten: yes
- Niezgodski: yes
- Young: yes
- Byrne: yes
- Gaskill: yes
- Pol: yes
- Carrasco: yes
- Glick: yes
- Qaddoura: yes
- Hunley: no
- Yoder: no
- Bassler: excused
- Ford J.D.: excused
- Jackson, L: excused
- Randolph: excused
- Becker: excused

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https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0161

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